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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN BRANCH

Service Number: 28663
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

V. B. 62.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Hannah Miriam Branch, of 7, Florence Cottages, Brightlingsea, Essex. Born Ballywalter, Co. Down.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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